Combined punch and awl



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

F. P. PFLEGHAR, 0F VIHTNEYVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

COMBINED PUNCH .AND AWL.

Specification of Letters :Patent No. 22,744, dated January 25, 1859.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, F. l). Pannolini, ot. Wlhitneyville` in the count)v oi New Haven and State of Colinefctieut,y have invented a new and useful inipleinent or tool de signed to be used in sewing` machine-belts and for analogous purposes. said implement or tool being a combined puneh and awl; and I do hereb)T declare that the following' is a full, clear, and exact descriptioi'i ot the saine, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making;v a part ot this epeeiieation. in whieh- Figure 1, is a side view olE nu; invention. Showing the position ot the parts when used as a punch. Fig. Q. is a liront end view ut do. Fig. 3, is t side view ot' do., showing;l the poeition ot' the parts when used as an awl.

Similar letters of reterenee indicate eor responding" parte in the several 'ligar-es.

This invention is designed to 'laeilitate the sewing together ot the ends ot niaehiue belts. work which is required to be done frequently iu inaehine shops and in places where belts are used to drive machinery. The invention also applieable t'or other purposes where leather or any Vtabric is punched and laces passed through the holes. for the purpose ot eonnecting the ends together, or for analogous purposes.

The invention consiets in combining a rotating punch stock with an awl in a inanner. as hereinafter tallyv shown and described, whereby the desired end is attained by a very7 simple means.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct in v invention. lY will proceed to describe it.

A, E. represent two shanlis or handles which eross each other and are eonneeted by a fulcruni pin (I, as shown elearlwT in Figs. l. and Q. The outer ends of the handles beyond the tulcruni piu n. are the a ws. and to the jaw of the handle a evlindrieal head is attached b v a` pin or bolt f. the head` being allowed to turn 'FreelyV on said pin or bolt. The head 7;, is hollow. or ot cup-forni, and a Series ot steel tubes` d. are screwed radially' into the bead. These tubes` d, are of different sizes or diameters. and their outer ends are brought to a cutting` p edge, precisely similarl to the cutting edgl y to the part j. l -l tached a springr Z, and this spring has a plate of the tube of an ordina@Y leather or shoeinaker`s punch. The tubes d. communicate with the interior ot the head i).

The jaw D, of the handle B, is curved or bent so as to extend below the tubes (l, as shown clearly in Figs. l, and 3, and a bed c, ot copper or other soft inetal is attached to the outer end of the jaw D, to serve as a bearing for the tubes To the outer end of the jaw l). at. one side, a pin f, is at'- tached, shown in Figs. Q and 3.

E, is t. bent bar or rod which is secured by a pin g, at its angle y. to the jaw C, at the side opposite to that where the head l), is attached. This bar or rod is so bent that one part h, at right angles to the other part .5. The partI Il, has its end terminating' in a point.y 'toi-ming an awl, as shown clearly in Figi'. Si. rllhe end of tlv arni i, ot the bar or rod extends out at right angles to its niain portion i, and a fork 7.?, is attached To the part i, there is atat, `secured to it. the plate 'Fitting in a` slot in the end j. ot' the part `z'. and extending a short distance below it. as shown clearly in Figs. l and Q.

The end ot the jaw C, is made of c vlindrieal torni and has a reeess u, made in it to receive the end of the plate m, when the part v', of the bar or rod E, is in a` vertical position.y as shown in Fig'. 3. lV hen the part i'. is in such position. the implement ie used as a puneh. the plate m, fitting in either of a` series ot recesses o. in the periplier);Y of the head D. so as to secure the proper sized tube d', directly over the bearing' e, the plate wf, in Consequence of being' acted upon by the sp1-ingv Z, retainingT both the bar or rod E, and head I), in the desired position. The leather or other article or substance, shown in red, is punched by passing it between the tube d, and bea ring' e, and the handles A. B. pressed together. asusual. lhen the leather or other article is punched` the Spring' 7, is shoved outward troni the head 7, and the plate m, will be allowed to pass out ot' the reeesses in the head and jaw. and the bar or rod E. is turned on the pin g. until the awl projeets outward troni the hea d l), as Shown in red, Fig. 3, and the lt'ork 1, on the end j, of the part i, of the rod E,

` catches over or on the pin f, and secures the aWl in this position. The awl ie used VFor assisting the passing ot the loving or thongs through the perforationsniadein the leather or fabric. Thus it Will be Seen that the iinplelnent is a combination of a punch and awh and that either may be used as required.

The implement is quite Simple and etticient and will prove a valuable acquisition tor machine shops and factories where much belting is used for drivingI machinery. for belts are constantly stretching by use and require to be taken up, or shortened from time to time.

I do not claim a plurality of Gutter tubes (I, of different sizes, attached to a rotating head Z), for the purpose of punching holes 0l:

l l i t different sizes. tor .euch device, or its equivalent, hue been previously need, but

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and deSire to secure by Letters Patent, isw

rl`he rotating' hollow head L, provided with a series of cutter tubes d, of different sizes, in combination with the awl h, attached to or forming a part of the bent bar or rod E, which. as Well as the head b, is attached to the aw C, and provided with a spring plate or stop m, the whole being arranged substantially ae and for the purpose set forth. FRANK P. PFL'EGHAR. fitneeses Ti LLm M' SC HLLHoRN, JOHN ADAMS. 

